Don't let their innocent looks fool you — these small backyard birds can be an aggressive menace to desirable native species that frequent the feeder.

Experts in Australia caution that bird feeders could serve as hubs for the transmission of H5 bird flu. These feeders draw in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This picture of a male American goldfinch was taken during the summer in my backyard. Goldfinches love zinnia seeds and often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Peter Krumhardt After the winter, it's always a joy to see songbirds return to our yards for the spring nesting season.

Wondering why birds suddenly stop visiting your feeder in late summer? An Audubon expert explains reasons like migration and ...

Birds find feeders by sight, not smell. Sunflower seed in a plastic tube gives off nothing a bird could follow at ten meters.

Regularly cleaning bird feeders helps prevent disease spread among garden birds. Removing wet or spoiled food stops mold and ...

Let's be honest, mid-February is an absolutely lousy time to ask people to count birds, but that is exactly what the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology ask people to do. The ...

This year is the tenth annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count, which Professor Simon Griffith says highlights the important role citizen science projects play in our understanding of changes taking place ...

Backyard bird-feeding can be as simple scattering a bag of general seed mix in some likely spot in the backyard. It also can become an engulfing passion, complete with a plethora of feeder designs ...

If you see your neighbors standing in the yard with binoculars this weekend, don't be afraid to step outside and join them. Although they could be searching for spy balloons and other flying objects, ...